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13-letter words containing s, p, o, r, u

  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
  • hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
  • hypertrophous — relating to hypertrophy
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • hyposulfurous — of or derived from hyposulfurous acid.
  • hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
  • imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
  • importunities — Plural form of importunity.
  • incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
  • insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
  • interruptions — an act or instance of interrupting.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
  • journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
  • jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
  • labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
  • lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
  • lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microphyllous — having microphylls
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
  • moebius strip — Möbius strip
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
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